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Vice-President
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Paragraph 3. The conditions for eligibility, according to the law, are:
I – the Brazilian nationality;
II – the full exercise of the political rights;
III – the electoral enrollment;
IV – the electoral domicile in the electoral district;
V – the membership in a political party;
VI – the minimum age of:
a) thirty-five years for President and Vice-President of the Republic and Senator;
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Paragraph 4. The illiterate and those that cannot be registered as voters are not eligible.
... (Art. 14) - Portuguese
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§ 3º São condições de elegibilidade, na forma da lei:
I - a nacionalidade brasileira;
II - o pleno exercício dos direitos políticos;
III - o alistamento eleitoral;
IV - o domicílio eleitoral na circunscrição;
V - a filiação partidária;
VI - a idade mínima de:
a) trinta e cinco anos para Presidente e Vice-Presidente da República e Senador;
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§ 4º - São inelegíveis os inalistáveis e os analfabetos.
… (Art. 14)
Vice-President
- EnglishThe Vice-President of the Republic will exercise the functions of [the] President of the Republic in the cases and in the form established by the Constitution.
He [or she] will be elected on the same ballot as the President of the Republic, in an identical form and for the same term.
The Vice-President must meet the same qualifications as the President of the Republic, [he or she] will enjoy similar immunities, and will hold in the hierarchical order of the State, the level immediately below that functionary. (Art. 190) - SpanishEl Vicepresidente de la República ejercerá las funciones de Presidente de la República en los casos y forma que establece la Constitución.
Será electo en la misma planilla con el Presidente de la República, en idéntica forma y para igual período.
El Vicepresidente deberá reunir las mismas calidades que el Presidente de la República, gozará de iguales inmunidades y tiene en el orden jerárquico del Estado, el grado inmediato inferior al de dicho funcionario. (Art. 190)
Vice-President
- English1. To be eligible for appointment as President or Vice-President a candidate must:
- possess the Suriname nationality;
- have reached the age of thirty;
- not be excluded from the right of active and passive suffrage;
- not have acted in violation of the Constitution.
2. Before submitting his candidacy, he must have had his domicile and main and real residence in Suriname for at least six years. (Art. 92) - Dutch1. Om tot President of Vice-President te kunnen worden gekozen moet een kandidaat:
- de Surinaamse nationaliteit bezitten;
- de leeftijd van dertig jaren hebben bereikt;
- niet uitgesloten zijn van het passief en het actief kiesrecht;
- geen handelingen hebben verricht strijdig met de Grondwet;
2. Voorafgaand aan zijn kandidatuur moet hij tenminste zes jaren woonplaats en hoofd- of werkelijk verblijf in Suriname hebben gehad. (Art. 92)
Vice-President
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The Vice President of the Republic fulfills the functions that this Political Constitution specifies, and those that the President of the Republic delegates to him[,] directly or by the law.
Similarly he will substitute for the President, in cases of temporary or definitive inability [falta]. (Art. 145) - Spanish
El Vicepresidente de la República desempeña las funciones que le señale la presente Constitución Política, y las que le delegue el Presidente de la República directamente o a través de la ley.
Asimismo sustituirá en el cargo al Presidente, en casos de falta temporal o definitiva. (Art. 145)
Vice-President
- EnglishIn order to be President of the Republic, one is required:
1. To be Dominican by birth or origin
2. To have reached thirty years of age
3. To be in full exercise of civil and political rights
4. To not be in active military or police service for at least the three years prior to the presidential elections (Art. 123) - SpanishPara ser Presidente de la República se requiere:
1) Ser dominicana o dominicano de nacimiento u origen;
2) Haber cumplido treinta años de edad;
3) Estar en pleno ejercicio de los derechos civiles y políticos;
4) No estar en el servicio militar o policial activo por lo menos durante los tres años previos a las elecciones presidenciales. (Art. 123)
Vice-President
- EnglishTo be President of the Republic, it is required to be Colombian by birth, in full exercise of citizenship, and over thirty years of age. (Art. 191)
- SpanishPara ser Presidente de la República se requiere ser colombiano por nacimiento, ciudadano en ejercicio y mayor de treinta años. (Art. 191)
Vice-President
- EnglishThere shall be a Vice President who, in all cases of temporary or permanent vacancy in the Presidency, must fill that office with its same powers and duties. … (Art. 150)
- SpanishHabrá un Vicepresidente, que en todos los casos de vacancia temporal o definitiva de la Presidencia deberá desempeñarla con sus mismas facultades y atribuciones. … (Art. 150)
Vice-President
- EnglishThe President and the Vice Presidents will be elected simultaneously and by a majority of votes that exceeds forty percent of the total number of [the] suffrage validly emitted.
The candidates for President and Vice Presidents of a party, must figure for their election in a same list [of nominations], with the exclusion of any other functionary to be elected.
… (Art. 138) - SpanishEl Presidente y los Vicepresidentes serán elegidos simultáneamente y por una mayoría de votos que exceda del cuarenta por ciento del número total de sufragios válidamente emitidos.
Los candidatos a Presidente y Vicepresidentes de un partido, deben figurar para su elección en una misma nómina, con exclusión de cualquier otro funcionario a elegir.
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Vice-President
- EnglishThe following are attributions and duties of the President of the Republic:
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3. To appoint and remove the Executive Vice-President and the Cabinet Ministers.
… (Art. 236) - SpanishSon atribuciones y obligaciones del Presidente o Presidenta de la República:
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3. Nombrar y remover el Vicepresidente Ejecutivo o Vicepresidenta Ejecutiva, nombrar y remover los Ministros o Ministras.
... (Art. 236)
Vice-President
- EnglishThe National Assembly of People's Power, in the exercise of its duties:
a. Chooses the President and Vice President of the Republic;
… (Art. 109) - SpanishLa Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular, en ejercicio de sus atribuciones:
a) elige al Presidente y al Vicepresidente de la República;
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